Amie's Travels

Well, I got all moved in on Sunday and we bought some groceries for me and set me up all alone in my dorm room . It felt very lonely and I wanted to cry lots and just go home at first. But, I moved the furniture around a little bit and that helped a lot. I moved the bed by the window and that always makes me feel better! The way the room was before was just dumb becuase there’s a ledge thing all along the window wall and someone put the shelf like diagonally against that, what a waste of space and just didn’t feel good at all. Maybe it was block my CHI! lol.

But, after I got myself settled it wasn’t so bad and I ate my pre-made soup and went to bed after talking to some people on the internet. Which sucks btw. I wanted to watch a movie on here to make myself feel more at home, but I can’t stream anything and you can’t really download anything, so I was out of luck. But, apparently, there’s a good site to get movies off of. But anyways..

Today, I felt like NOT getting out of bed because this bed is EXTREMELY comfy. Yes, this horrible dorm bed is really comfy. And I didn’t want to get up . But, I did because I had to as there was orientation at 130. I thought about taking the bus, but I decided to try and figure out the walk there, plus I’d kind of get the sense of where I am more. At the moment I’m just totally clueless and lost, of course. So, I had a nice walk and I took at few pictures of the nature, which is very nice. The walk also made me feel a lot better because of all the pretty nature around. Hmm, someone above me has huge feet, I can hear them walking around. Anyways, yes I walked to the university and I somehow managed to find this Lecture Hall thing and I sat and listened to all the important stuff for orientation. I met one girl there who is very nice. Her name is Maria and she’s from Eastern Germany! We exchanged phone numbers after we had a nice long conversation and also got online information! Hopefully, we’ll be going to the pub tomorrow night together! Everyone seems to love their jager here, so I’m guessing that’s what we’ll be around the most.

After that, I walked home and one of my room-mates was actually out. It was a Swedish guy from here! Me and him ate supper together and then another Swedish girl that lives here joined us for a bit and we had some drinks together. Then I met the exchange student in our dorm that’s also from Germany. She seems very nice. But, after that I was pretty exhuasted with information overload so I went to my room to relax and sleep. I feel asleep for two hours then Brendon texted me to walk up to chat on Skype for an hour while he had internet priviledges. So, I talked to him for a bit.

And now, I’m up at 540 in the morning because I can’t sleep and I’m writing in my blog talking to Bettyanne on Facebook. I made her promise to buy a webcam so I can see my little Jackson . Because I MISS HIM SO MUCH. Nephews are just too cute, are they not? Well, at LEAST mine is, BE JEALOUS! Anyways, that’s all I got for now. Tomorrow I’m going into the centre with Jessica to buy some essentials and more food then back to the Uni for some more student stuff at 6pm. My one class doesn’t start till this Wednesday and the other one that I have doesn’t start till next Wednesday! Yay, I was going to sleep in today, but that failed. Talk to you all tonight.

Love,

Amie

Well, yesterday, didn’t do too much! We went to the centre and I got a swedish SIM card!! Cool stuff! It’s from a company called Halebop! That sounds pretty nifty to me! But, my phone is locked and needs a restriction code to unlock and apparently you can get one from your company, but the guy my dad talked to at Rogers is a complete IDIOT, obviously. However, Jessica’s family is letting me borrow a phone that’s been in their drawer for some time so that is good!

Other than that, we just stayed at home as I was really tired and we just kind of watched movies (Les Fabuleaux Destin au Amilie) and I talked to Brendon and other people on Skype. Everyone should get skype so I can talk to them!

Then, today, I managed to wake up at 9:58 their time to go to the bathroom before our alarm at 10 o’clock so that was good! I still am always tired during the middle of the day though, my body is so messed . But, we’re going to see avatar today in 3D!! I’m very excited! Then after we’re going to the university and moving me into my apartment! Hopefully all goes well! I’m not sure if there will be a cable in my room or not when I get into my room to hook up the internet so I might not be on for a while. But, hopefully within a day or two I will be back on! Love you all!

Amie

They only drink it at Christmas, just like how mini-eggs were only at Easter.

Well, I arrived in Sweden in tact and in one piece everyone!

For me, this is an accomplishment in itself as I’m deathly afraid of planes and heights, as I’m sure you all know, as well as other irrational fears such as zombies and asphyxiation. Anyways, I got to Umea and my penpal Jessica and her twin sister Camilla were waiting there with a big big sign that said “Amie, I’m here!” It was very awesome and cute!!! I was happy to get there, but they lost ALL of my luggage . So I only had my backpack with my computer and stuff. No clothes or toiletries (as you can’t bring liquids or gels as carry-on). But, thankfully, I got them this morning! Jessica let me sleep in till 11 o’clock! .

This afternoon, we took the bus from Savar, to Umea, and we did a tour of the centre with all the shopping and walked along the river! We didn’t really do any shopping quite yet, but we went to the library so Jessica could get mathbooks and I got a look at the system. Its ALL letters, not like the decimals system or like the U of R system, way different than that. But, it was easy enough to find everything! Later, we met with her mom and sister and we saw them at their job and we went to get groceries and they bought me a big bag of Candy!! I felt bad, but it was so nice of them! They are making me feel very welcome and have been so nice to me! I only hope I can repay it one day when Jessica comes to Canada and she can stay at my house!!!

Other than that, I stayed up talking to Brendon on Skype for a bit before he’s off to Regina Beach to see his grandfather for the weekend! It was very nice to talk to him and we were talking about doing a roadtrip during the summer as I have to go to Calgary to get my Chinese visa! So hopefully that works out too! Anyways, first day in sweden was good, but I’m still so tired. So now its time for bed! Talk to everyone later!

Amie